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Caloceras tortile

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites tortilis was named by d'Orbigny (1844). Its type specimen is MNHN F B.46032 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Caloceras tortile by Enay et al. (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Ammonites tortilis d'Orbigny p. 201 figs. Pl. 49, Fig 1-3
1994Caloceras tortile Enay et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyPsiloceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyPsiloceratinaeHyatt 1867
genusCaloceras
speciestortile()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Caloceras tortile d'Orbigny 1844
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Diagnosis
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